The Press Conference of the Tchaikovsky Competition – With Valery Gergiev and Olga Golodets

Be sure to catch every minute of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition! From June 17th to 29th in Moscow and St. Petersburg, 228 candidates will compete for the First Prize, not to mention a shot at the Grand Prize (awarded only three times ever)! The groundbreaking 2019 edition marks the arrival of two new instrument families: woodwinds and brass join piano, violin, cello, and voice. Here, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and Conductor Valery Gergiev, who serve as co-chairs of the Organizing Committee, present the highlights of the upcoming edition, live from the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.   

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